Two people critically injured in single-car crash near Cedar City

Eight people were injured Saturday in a single-car crash — two critically — when the driver became distracted and rolled the vehicle near Cedar City, the Utah Highway Patrol reported.

The vehicle, a GMC Suburban, was traveling eastbound on State Road 56, about six miles west of Cedar City, when the driver, for some unknown reason, became distracted and the vehicle veered off road to the right.

The driver overcorrected and the vehicle veered to the left. He overcorrected a second time and the vehicle veered to the right. The vehicle began to slide sideways and rolled, the UHP reported.

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